> Since I'm a totally blind Mac user, I use Eudora Light as my eMail
> client.  All seems to be working well, except for a slight problem.
> Whenever I attempt to forward a message to someone else outside our LAN,
> say to my Sister, Folks, whomever, or I attempt a redirect to an outside
> address, I get an "Error 571 we do not relay" message.  I have Eudora set
> to do "Check On Send" and have the "Immediate Send" checkbox unchecked.
> Everything else seems to be configured correctly.  What could be wrong?

You're not using SMTP Authentication. Turn it on and you'll never see this
issue again.

> I
> had an idea; If I were to put our static IP address into the client hosts
> list, instead of the internal machine addresses,  would that still keep me
> a "closed relay", or would that make me an "open relay" again?

I haven't tried it, and don't intend to, but my guess is it would make you
an open relay again. Use SMTP Authentication instead.
-- 
Dave Pooser
Manager of Information Services
Alford Media http://www.alfordmedia.com



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